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Great Expectations part one
From: Rachel Liu
Series: Anthology
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When Miss Havisham, a strange but wealthy old woman asks for Pip to come play, he has no choice but to go. What he experiences changes his life and...

  • Added: Oct 14, 2015
  • Length: 20:04
SHERLOCK HOLMES The Adventure of the Speckled Band pt 2
From: Rachel Liu
Series: Anthology
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Dr. Watson and Sherlock Holmes travel to Stoke Moran to investigate the death of Helen Stoner’s sister… and to try and prevent history from repeati...

  • Added: Sep 30, 2015
  • Length: 27:21
Why Schools Were Never About Knowledge
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Learning
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Schools were not created with the intention of making geniuses and filling its pupils with knowledge. Hear three historians explain the surprising ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 27, 2015
  • Length: 11:41
  • Purchases: 2
Real Country Time Episode 1
From: Larry W Jones - Kingwood Kowboy
Series: Real Country Time
Caption: Real Country Time, Credit: Larry W Jones
Real Country Time is an uninterrupted selection of songs from the roots of country music.

  • Added: Aug 20, 2015
  • Length: 10:06
Why We Pay Attention
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Learning
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Hear neuroscientist, Jacqueline Gottlieb, discuss some of the cutting-edge questions in neuroscience: What is attention on a neuronal level? How do...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Aug 19, 2015
  • Length: 08:50
  • Purchases: 1
#4: And It Runs Deep
From: Aleph Null
Series: Letters From N
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Fenrir: The saviour or the traitor? Cal discovers who Fenrir really is, yet struggles to discover himself.

  • Added: Aug 17, 2015
  • Length: 12:04
#32 MIW Bekka Fink - Rockstar Organizer and Performing Artist
From: Allegra Bandy
Series: Making It Work Radio
Caption: Bekka Fink on MIW, Credit: Oddua Productions
Rockstar Organizer, Bekka Fink, shares her journey of decluttering spaces for her clients on this episode of Making it Work.

  • Added: Jul 24, 2015
  • Length: 24:18
A Neuron Channel Makes You Dumb
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Learning
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New research reveals a strange fact – a special type of neuron channel (HCN) makes us dumb. Hear about basic neuron mechanics and the supposed func...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 22, 2015
  • Length: 07:18
  • Purchases: 2
How We Hurt Learning
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Learning
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A short episode about the things that hurt the learning process: why distractions are distracting and the conflict your brain encounters when given...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 03, 2015
  • Length: 06:55
  • Purchases: 2
The King of the Blues: The Music of B.B. King
From: Howard Burchette
Series: D Natural BLUES
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The great B.B. King passed away on May 14, 2015. He was one of the greatest Blues entertainers of all time. B.B. King’s recording career began in 1...

Bought by WJAB


  • Added: May 30, 2015
  • Length: 57:58
  • Purchases: 1
Start Class
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Learning
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As a teacher, the first step to student learning is starting a lesson. This is an incredibly chaotic time for teachers! Hear the thinking behind th...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KPIP-LP, New Hampshire Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 16, 2015
  • Length: 04:28
  • Purchases: 4
The Double Bass
From: WDCB
Series: MusicHeads with Patricia Barber
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Patricia Barber is joined by Jazz Double Bassist Patrick Mulcahy and Classical Bassist Andy Anderson to explore the floor of music, the Double Bass...

Bought by KMUW and KMXT


  • Added: Apr 21, 2015
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 2
What is Swing?
From: WDCB
Series: MusicHeads with Patricia Barber
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Patricia Barber is joined by Larry Kohut on Bass, Jon Deitemyer on Drums, and Jim Gaillereto on Tenor Sax for an hour of music and conversation abo...

Bought by WJSU and KMXT


  • Added: Apr 21, 2015
  • Length: 58:43
  • Purchases: 2
Test Stress
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Learning
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You’ve probably experienced test anxiety. Listen to what it’s like for teenagers to take a test with test anxiety. Then hear educators question whe...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 31, 2015
  • Length: 09:12
  • Purchases: 1
Synaptic Pruning
From: Bishop Sand
Series: Learning
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How do we get better at tasks? In this short episode, we describe an important mechanism of learning: pruning away neural connections.

Bought by KZYX, KZYX, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 08, 2015
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 3
Billie Holiday (Ep. 8)
From: Jeff Haas
Caption: Jazz songbird Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday has one of jazz's most bittersweet voices, and the biography to match.

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KMUW, KAZU Seaside, Calif., WNMU-FM, WNMU-FM and more


  • Added: Feb 09, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 33
Jazz's Lost and Found (Ep. 17)
From: Jeff Haas
Caption: A disc from the Savory Collection , Credit: Chester Higgins/NY Times
In this hour, we've got the best long lost finds from jazz's lost and found bin—from a recently discovered cache of forgotten 1930s radio broadcast...

Bought by KHNS, WCPN, KAZU Seaside, Calif., WVPE, KCPW Salt Lake City and more


  • Added: Feb 09, 2015
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 28
Funk Folks! (George Clinton's Characters & Mythology of P-Funk)
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Soul Roots
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Make my FUNK the P-Funk! Out of this P-Funk universe came the characters of Sir Nose, Star Child,The Lollypop Man (alias the Long Haired Sucker), U...

Bought by KPIP-LP and Prairie Public


  • Added: Feb 01, 2015
  • Length: 59:26
  • Purchases: 2
Nursing The Blues! Alberta Hunter
From: Howard Burchette
Series: D Natural BLUES
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Nursing The Blues! The Story of Alberta Hunter is an introduction and a presentation of the musical life of Jazz and Blues singer ALBERTA HUNTER. S...

Bought by Prairie Public


  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 56:38
  • Purchases: 1
Taste The Color Eight
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: RadioActive: Summer 2011
Caption: Number Tube, Credit: Andrew
On today's show, we hear two stories about a brain condition called synesthesia. That's when the stimulation of one pathway in the brain leads to a...

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network and KUOW


  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 11:09
  • Purchases: 2
Irrational Fears
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: Summer Soundwave
Caption: Curious about the picture? Listen to the Show!
Hosts Devon Dennison and Zoe Sheinkopf explore the difference between rational and irrational fears with help from Ron Kleinknecht, former dean of ...

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 19:53
  • Purchases: 1
At The Mardi Gras
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Holiday Classics
Caption: Mardi Gras in New Orleans 1, Credit: Mardi Gras Records
It's MARDI GRAS time! You don't have to be in New Orleans for MARDI GRAS. Just tune in to this show: "AT THE MARDI GRAS" and you will be dancing Tr...

Bought by WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jan 07, 2015
  • Length: 59:38
  • Purchases: 1
Secret Agents, Spies, and Private Eyes
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Jazz Time
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SPY MUSIC for the music lover. That is what this show is all about. It is a one hour program containing three segments. Your mission is to listen t...

Bought by KPIK-LP and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 24, 2014
  • Length: 58:35
  • Purchases: 2
Being "Post Protestant"
From: Hold That Thought
Series: Religion & Politics
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Historian David Hollinger discusses the long-lasting influence of liberal Protestantism. Though conservative Evangelicals get more media attention,...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2014
  • Length: 10:12
Jazz and the Silver Screen (Jazz Music In the Movies)
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Jazz Time
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JAZZ music has always been apart of movie soundtracks from the very beginning. One of the first movie soundtracks that featured Jazz music was the ...

Bought by KSRQ, WTIP, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 08, 2014
  • Length: 58:32
  • Purchases: 3

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